IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,137 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,137 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IBM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Earlier it used to be stable product and job security now that also is not there

Cons

Every year they mandatorily categories the employees into top 15%, 70% core and bottom 15%. And put the bottom 15% in PIP for six months and then force them to resign. And then hire again and repeat the process every year, now nobody can work with peace, everyone is involved in politics, how to take credit and avoid bottom 15%. Even managers agree that although they see everyone in their team perfoming but they have to put some one forcefully in bottom 15%

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